Dun|kirk

Dun|kirk
Dun|kirk «DUHN kurk, duhn KURK», noun.
1. a hasty retreat in the face of disaster: »

It was essential for General Eisenhower to know whether the Afrika Korps was going to stage a Dunkirk (Reader's Digest).

2. any difficult or dangerous situation; crisis: »

The pound “is going through a Dunkirk” (London Times).

[< Dunkirk, a seaport in northern France where British forces were hastily evacuated in 1940]

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